What is the definition of "thread" in debug?

[Jeff Markel <JMarkel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been studying all the interactive debug commands -- amazing what you
can find when you hit the "F1 help" key -- I gotta start doing that more!

Anyway, I can't seem to wrap my mind around what is meant by a "thread." The
AS/400 documentation text for both "thread" and "tbreak" don't seem to
define it, and the Interactive Source Debugger manual doesn't even have an
index entry for it. (Under 'T' there are only two entries!)

                        T
                        text string, finding 16
                        TOP command 15

Here's the AS/400 documentation:

Thread Command                                                          
                                         
        Abbreviation: th

                                         
        The thread command allows you to display the 'Work with Debugged

        Threads' display or change the current thread.                    
                                         
        If the command is entered with no parameters, the 'Work with

        Debugged Threads' display is shown.

                                         
        If the command is entered with a thread identification parameter,

        the current thread is changed to the specified thread. The thread

        identification parameter may be entered without leading zeros.      

Tbreak Command

                                                                            
        Abbreviation: tb

                                                                            
        Use the tbreak command to enter either an unconditional or a

        conditional breakpoint in the current thread at a position in

        the program being tested. Breakpoints set with the tbreak command

        are called thread breakpoints. The position can be either of the

        following:

                                                                            
        Line_number

                A line number of the source file for the module (as shown on
the        
                Display Module Source display).

                                                                            
        Procedure_name/statement_number

                The name of a procedure contained in the module that is
followed           
                by a slash and a statement number in the procedure (as shown
on          
                a listing of the program).  This is not valid for OPM
programs                        
        under source level debug.

                                                 
        Each thread in a threaded application may have its own thread

        breakpoint at the same position at the same time.  However, a job

        breakpoint set with a break command at a specified position cannot

        exist at the same time as thread breakpoints at that same position.

        You can either have a job breakpoint or thread breakpoint(s) on a

        specified position at the same time, but not both.

                                                 
        An unconditional breakpoint can be entered by using the tbreak

        command with the position parameter only.  This causes the program

        to stop just before the position is entered in the thread that the

        breakpoint was entered for.

                                                 
        Type tbreak position when expression to enter a conditional

        breakpoint for the current thread.  The expression must have a

        boolean or logical value.  The expression is evaluated just before

        the statement, at the position entered, runs in the specified

        thread.  The scope of the variables used in the expression is

        defined by the position of the breakpoint.  If the value of the

        expression is true, or if there is an error evaluating the

        expression, the program stops.  The Display Module Source display is

        shown.  If the value is false, the program does not stop.

                                                                        
        Breakpoints can be changed by entering a new tbreak command using

        the same position.  This will cause the existing thread breakpoint

        or job breakpoint to be replaced by the new one. 

Since I'm trying to learn CODE/400, I'm curious how this concept is applied
to it's debugger. But, I'll post this to that list separately!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!                       

Jeff Markel